Relationships between histogram analysis of ADC values and complex 18F-FDG-PET parameters in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Hans-Jonas MeyerSandra PurzOsama SabriAlexey Surov

Published in: PloS one (2018)

This study showed that entropy derived from ADC maps is strongly associated with MTV and TLG in HNSCC. Entropy, SUVmax, SUVmean, TLG and MTV were statistically significant higher in T3/4 tumors in comparison to T1/2 carcinomas.

Keyphrases

diffusion weighted imaging
diffusion weighted
pet ct
positron emission tomography
pet imaging
computed tomography
contrast enhanced